The board chairman of Population Services International (PSI) Frank E Loy has said that some of their programmes will handed over to a new Organization Society For Health which begin its activities soon.
This has been announced by Frank E Loy the Board Chairman of Population Services International (PSI), Frank E. Loy, who paid a courtesy call to Prime Minister Pierre Damien Haburemyi in his office.
“Rwanda is doing better than any other African country in effective family planning methods; and this shows that as a nation, it has a bright future and PSI will maintain its strong cooperation with the Rwandan government to sustain this progress,” Loy clarified.
Loy led a delegation of five PSI board members and are said to have discussed several issues, regarding how best to enhance health in the country with the prime minister.
PSI has been working in Rwanda for the last 19 years and has also opened liaison offices in over 60 countries worldwide.
The Minister of Health, Dr Agnes Binagwaho, who was also attended the meeting, says that PSI has worked with her ministry on several research works in the social sector aimed at behavioral change to guarantee better lives.
She noted that currently, 45 percent of women of fertility age use family planning methods countrywide due to PSI interventions.
PSI Rwanda has been involved in health services especially HIV prevention, family planning, malaria prevention and sanitation.
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